Karl von Einem

Karl von Einem (1 January 1853-7 April 1934) was Minister of War of Prussia from 1903 to 1909, succeeding Heinrich von Gossler and preceding Josias von Heeringen.

Biography
Karl von Einem was born on 1 January 1853 in Herzberg am Harz, Hanover, and he served in the Prussian Army for several years before becoming the Minister of War of Prussia in 1903. He introduced the machine gun and heavy artillery to the Imperial German Army, and he led a corps at the start of World War I. In September 1914, he replaced Max van Hausen as an army leader, and he repelled two French Army assaults on Champagne in 1915. He would later see action in the fighting on the Aisne, the Nivelle Offensive, and the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, and he retired from the army in 1919 after the end of the war. He died in Muelheim, Nazi Germany in 1934 at the age of 81.